By Nathaniel Zacchaeus, Abuja
A former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, of introducing religious and ethnic politics to Nigeria’s democracy.
Nnamani stated this yesterday in a statement he signed and made available to our Correspondent in Abuja.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa said was reviewing the just concluded elections.
Nnamani, representing Enugu East in the Senate, further alleged that “Peter Obi deflowered the virgin innocence of political patriotism and nationalism in Nigeria.”
The Senator said, “Obi fed our people with the sacred apple and Nigeria may never be the same again.”
The former governor said, “What was in whispers and hush-hush tones, Peter proclaimed loud in decibels in Cathedrals and Holy Sepulchres.
“The Roman Catholic dominant politics Peter mastered and foisted on Anambra people when he was a Governor was a prelude to his nationwide campaigns.
“The Roman Catholic Family Trinity of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, was what Peter spread ecumenically across the Faith landscape as the Labour Party Symbol of Father, Mother, and Child.
“Peter’s religious war in garbs of Labour Party politics were nationalized and universalised for all Christian dominations amongst Nigerians home and abroad.
“For his ethnic war, he spread across Igbo-domiciled areas across Nigeria, specifically markets and shopping malls. He picked out Christian minority areas for his campaigns in northern and central Nigeria.
